Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1887-04-16
THE BELT CREEK ROAD.
a Large and Enthusiastic Meeting
Held at Neihart to Devise Means
to Complete it.

to Complete it.
A meeting of the citizens of Neihart wa.
called for Tuesday evening March 80
1887, to consider what action should be
taken by the people in building the bridges
on the county road down Belt creek, be-
tween the mouth of Harley creek and
Payne's ranch. Pursuant to the call, a
large majority Of the residents met at the
store Of Anderson Bros. & Burghardt. The
meeting was called to order at o'clock
p. m.
Mr.. Ernest Grenier was elected chair
man and Mr.. John c. E. Barker secretary.
Mr.. Thomas A. Wall chairman of the
board of county commissioners of Meagh-
er county, who was present by request,
notified the meeting that in the present
state of the road fund the commissioners
did not feel justified in taking the whole
burden of building the required bridges,
but had agreed at their last meeting to
appropriate $4,000 to help toward build
ing said bridges should the residents of
Neihart do the balance of the work. Mr..
Z. Walsh moved that treasurer be elect
ed to take charge of subscription list to
make up the balance required, and that a
superintendent of work be also elected to
superintend the erection of the bridges,
also committee of three trustees to attend
to the proper disbursement of the funds
SO raised-carried. Moved by Mr.. Larry
Neihart that the treasurer do furnish bond
in an amount equal to the sum entrused
to him-carried. Mr.. VIM. Mueller was
duly elected treasurer sand Mr.. Adam
Hamilton was elected superintendent.
Moved by Mr.. T. Walsh that the chair ap-
point the trustees-carried.
The chair appointed as trustees Messrs.
Gust Okerman, George johnson and
John c. E. Barker.
Moved by Mr.. Wall that the bridges be
built of model similar to the one near
the concentrator mill of the Neihart I'm
provement company, viz, truss bridges of
a span ofss335 or 40 feet-carried.
Mr.. Chas. Crawford moved that bridges
No. Z, s, II and IS, be replaced by grade
avoiding the ossing of the creek at those
points and also do away with their other
bridges, numbers not given at the lower
end of the road which can be avoided in
the same way-carried. Moved by VIM.
Mcqueen that the trustees examine the
road and decide what bridges can be re-
placed by grades, height Of bridges above
water level and other questions of detail
Moved by Mr.. T. A Wall that the bridges
have no less than five stringers twelve
inches in diameter at the small end laid
with inverted butts and that when such
timbers are not obtainable, seven stringers
be used, no less than nine inches in diam
eter at the small end and placed in the
same way-carried.
Moved by Mr.. P. Walsh that the bridges
and approaches be covered with poles no
less than four and Il half inches at the
small end and hewed so as to be placed
close together
Amended by Mr., George Spencer to have
poles five inches at the small end. Motion
as amended by Spencer carried.
Moved by Mr.. Neihart that the road bed
be fourteen feet wide and the poles cover
ing sixteen feet wide-carried.
Moxed that the subscription list be now
Moved by the chair that each trustee
carry a subscription list and remit said
to the reasurer-carried.
Mr.. Crawford asked the chairman of the
BOARD of county commissioners when the
sa,5oo mentioned by him atthe beginning
# the meeting would be paid over.
Mr.. T. A. Wall, chairman of the board.
that the Commissioners had
agreed to pay S2,5o0 at their December
meeting; but if the road was completed
oV their June meeting, they would issue
county warrants for the same Mr.. Wall
lere explained, that before the creation of
Fergus county the road fund of Meagher
county amounted to about $4,000, but that
he division of the county would reduce
aid fund to about $4,000, and out of that
'mount the Commissioners were willing to
appropriate $4,000 toward the completion
# the road, bat that, in justice to other
'arts of the county, they could not appro-
'riate more; that, in addition to that
mount, people in Benton had subscribed
500 towards the building Of the road;
hat he had already expended $3.50 on the |
nad. that he still had sosn on, hand ,rl,ial, |